内容正文:
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas —Comprehending
学习任务目标
1. 识记本课时的重要语言点;
2. 发现并归纳促使优秀人物走向成功的共同原因,感知他们在挫折面前永不言弃的精神;
3. 了解诗歌的大意和主题,并就诗歌主题和内容谈谈自己的看法,初步赏析诗歌;
4. 略读课文,获取文章的主要信息,总结并叙述三位作家的代表作以及他们在投稿过程中遭遇的挫折。
词汇互译
1. debt n. 债务,欠款
2. pace n. 速度;进度
3. inform v. 通知,告知
4. rarely adv. 很少,难得
5. rejection n. 拒绝,否决
6. guarantee v. 保证;确保
7. delighted adj. 愉快的,高兴的
8. 然而,不过 adv. nevertheless
9. 锲而不舍,坚持不懈 v. persevere
10. 批评;指责 n. criticism
11. 名著;经典作品 n. classic
12. (忍)耐力 n. endurance
13. 愉快的,高兴的 adj. delighted
14. 结果,后果 n. outcome
15. regret to do 遗憾地做……
16. take for example 以……为例
17. have... in common 有……共同之处
18. turn... down 减少;关小,调低;拒绝
19. 把……贴上 stick... on
20. 扮演角色;在……中起一份作用 play a part
21. 把……翻过来 turn... inside out
22. 伸出 stick out
23. 时常;经常 all too often
表格填空
Parts
Main ideas
Details
Para. 1
Many successful writers have been 1. rejected.
Everyone knows that success 2. rarely happens overnight, but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have previously faced 3. rejection.
Para. 2 — Para. 4
Examples of 4. successful writers who once received rejections.
·J.K. Rowling is famous for Harry Potter, which is a great success. When received her first rejection letter, she 5. stuck it on her kitchen wall.
·J.D. Salinger once received many rejections and 6. criticism, but he refused to give up.
·Three sisters from Victorian England dreamt of seeing their words in 7. print. Even when the book sold only 8. two copies, the sisters still didn't give up.
Para. 5
The key to success.
While a lot of hard work and a touch of 9. luck play a part in success, the key is 10. perseverance.
Ⅰ. 根据课文内容选择正确答案
1. Why does the author begin the passage with the sentence “We regret to inform you...”?
A. To introduce a politician's speech.
B. To tell us how to respond to a writer.
C. To introduce the topic for discussion.
D. To attract readers.
2. Why does every writer feel cold when he or she reads the publisher's last sentence?
A. They put a lot of effort i